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Start your free trialAndre Battle
192 PointsI think the way the question is presenting itself is whats confusing me?
string firstName;
Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(string firstName)
Did I do something wrong?
string firstName;
Console.WriteLine(string firstName)
Console.ReadLine();
3 Answers
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Pointsstring firstName;// you've been asked to store, whatever been entered in from the prompt, for readLine
Console.WriteLine(string firstName)//when you print inside paranthesis, you need not have the variable type
Console.ReadLine();// this should go at the very first step, taking this as an input, and store into the firstName var
Alfonso Castro
7,147 PointsIn short: just remove the String declaration in the Console.WriteLine() method call, and finish the sentence with ;
string firstName; Console.WriteLine(firstName); Console.ReadLine();
by writing the variable type String before the name of the variable, yo are declaring it.
1st: You have already declared in the previos line: string firstName;
2nd the method Console.WriteLine() takes a String parameter that needs to already be declared.
See MSDN reference for Console.WriteLine() method: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/xf2k8ftb(v=vs.110).aspx
Christopher Pritchard
3,411 PointsHi Andre,
Try the following:
//Assign firstName the information that is read from ReadLine
string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
//Write it out. Don't forget the semicolon (;) at the end.
//You already declared it as a string. From now on just use its name.
Console.WriteLine(firstName);